Didier Raoult will end up being a regular at “Touche pas à mon poste”. For the third time since the start of the season, the famous microbiologist answered questions from Cyril Hanouna on Friday evening, January 7. In videoconference from the IHU Méditerranée, the controversial specialist in infectious diseases returned to the Omicron variant, which he confirmed to be less dangerous compared to these predecessor variants. “I don’t like predictions but overall, what often happens, when a virus adapts to a new ecosystem, in this case humans, as it becomes more contagious and less dangerous . That’s what happened with the flu. We have really measured throughout the year 2021 the percentage of hospitalized and dead with the first virus and all the variants and then now Omicron. Clearly, the proportion of people hospitalized is very low “, he commented.
While the text of the bill on the vaccine pass was voted on Thursday, January 6, Cyril Hanouna also asked the professor what arguments they would submit to the French to invite them to be vaccinated. Faithful to his positions, Didier Raoult reaffirmed who in his view were the people at risk. “In general, until the age of 50, there is no place where we have seen excess mortality for two years linked to this virus. It can be part of an epidemic strategy where you can’t tell people, ‘you are putting your own health at risk by not getting vaccinated’. We have the impression that it takes off from 54 years old, concerning the risks of doing something a little more serious. We know that it is age and obesity that pose the risk of this disease “, he commented.
At the end of the interview, Didier Raoult cracked a tackle against the government, denying the effectiveness of vaccination from an epidemic point of view and therefore, questioning the relevance of the strategy at all vaccine. “From an epidemic standpoint, is there any evidence that this is useful? I’m sorry I disagree with the authorities, the answer is no, it does not control the epidemic. Not at all. It is in the countries where we have made the most vaccines that there are the most cases“, he said. Words that risk once again to be commented on.
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